A scheme of Skill
Development Centers for Madrassa students by
Maulana Azad National Academy for Skills (MANAS)
under the Ministry of Minority Affairs,
Government of India was launched in Guwahati
today on Pilot Project basis. Dr. Najma Heptulla,
Honourable Union Minister of Minority Affairs
inaugurated the Skill Development Centers from
the campus of University of Science and
Technology, Meghalaya via remote video link in
four different madrassas in the district of
Kamrup, Assam and a Skill Development Centre in
USTM. The facility of the Skill Development
Centre at USTM will also be availed by the
Christian minority in the neighbourhood of USTM.
University of Science & Technology, Meghalaya
will provide the technological support for the
programme. In future MANAS will implement the
scheme in more institutions in the remote
interior of the region.
Launch of the Skill Development Centers through
traditional educational institution is an
important milestone towards achieving the
objective of skilling minority community with
speed, scale and standards across the country.
This scheme would bring together key
stakeholders accelerating the process of their
gainful integration with the workforce of the
entire country, by providing them sustainable
livelihoods with primarily focus on
self-employment.
Objective of launching of the scheme is to
highlight the significance of skilling,
vocational education and entrepreneurship
amongst the minority community of the country
and make them feel that by skilling at their
door-steps they shall also become an integral
part of the Skilled India Mission - leading to
Sabka Saath-Sabka Vikas.
On the occasion, Dr. Najma Heptulla inaugurated
the Maulana Azad Academic Block and laid the
foundation of Maulana Azad Central Library of
USTM.
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